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PSForecast: Variable with a Chance of Objects

Variables hold a special place in ... er ... your scripts; namely, they're placeholders for objects.

PowerShell OverDrive

Get to the good stuff with the Get-PSDrive cmdlet.

Hurry Up and Wait

The Wait-Process in PowerShell 2.0 -- kinda like the Yield sign for multi-process scripts.

Computer Membership

Some cool cmdlets that can help you with migrating or provisioning computers.

Different Yet the Same

Compare-Object cmdlet tricks you might not know about.

Experts Say Perimeter-Based Security Not Enough

The security community needs to address issues that have been neglected in the past few years, according to security experts at the Government Technology Research Alliance Council.

Values, Separated at Commas

The ConvertTo-CSV cmdlet, new with PowerShell 2.0, gives you a bit more flexibility in how you plug into CSV-formatted info.

Get EventLog, The Sequel

Get-EventLog plays well in PowerShell 2.0, providing you with more information in a less confusing way.

Cybersecurity Alliance Aims at Network Protection

Thirteen leading technology companies including Microsoft have joined with Lockheed Martin to form a new cybersecurity technology alliance.

HP Strikes at Cisco with 3Com Acquisition Deal

Hewlett-Packard has said it will acquire 3Com for $2.7 billion in cash, in an agreement reached by both companies' boards.

PowerShell Pack

There are more than 800 functions and cmdlets, so start getting familiar with them.

Get That Server

PowerShell 2.0 has the power to do more. But you gotta read the help to find out what works and what doesn't. Herewith, an example.

Microsoft Releases OpsMgr Client Management Pack

Microsoft released a client tracking component on Monday that works with its System Center Operations Manager 2007 product.

Scripting Requirements

Is it a PowerShell 1.0 script or is it version 2? Remember which one with this simple scripting tip.

PowerShell 2.0 or Bust!

Windows 7 officially hits the street this week, and so does PowerShell 2.0. The better, faster PowerShell.

Suits Me to a Tee

The Tee-Object cmdlet offers up another way of seeing data coughed up by other output cmdlets.

Get the Word Out

PowerShell is all-seeing. Even Word document data can be viewed using some PowerShell cmdlets.

Firewall Threats Shifting Up the Stack

Networking threats are migrating from the network perimeter to the interior and up the networking stack, often making older firewall technologies and policies inadequate.

Denial-of-Service Worries Dominate Cisco Patching

If the latest semiannual round of security advisories from Cisco are any indication, DoS attacks continue to be a serious -- and largely unsolvable -- problem for networks.

More Fun with Get-Command

You can pull a library's worth of info with this very useful command. Here's the trick.

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